- #1 Tunguska: The Visitation - Final Cut
97% matchVery Positive88% of 1,819 reviews2021
Dev: Rotorist Workshop
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.
Why similar: Zombies 21%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.3%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar top-down perspective and focuses on survival in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #2 ZERO Sievert
96% matchVery Positive85% of 14,857 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.6%, Survival 29%, Shooter 12.1%, Top-Down 11.6%, Atmospheric 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: This extraction shooter mirrors the tense, top-down exploration and inventory management found in the seed game.
- #3 Project Zomboid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Zombies 43.7%, Survival 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Crafting 6.4%, Adventure 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive isometric zombie survival game that shares the deep scavenging and survival mechanics found in the seed game.
- #4 DYSMANTLE
95% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 39.2%, Survival 27.7%, Crafting 14%, Top-Down 9%, Atmospheric 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a satisfying top-down survival experience where you explore a post-apocalyptic world and craft gear to survive.
- #5 Decision: Red Daze
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 35.7%, Survival 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Action RPG 8.4%, Top-Down 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down action RPG that focuses on survival and exploration in a world overrun by a mysterious infection.
- #6 How to Survive 2
94% matchMixed69% of 11,001 reviews2016
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 47.5%, Survival 30.2%, Crafting 8.6%, Top-Down Shooter 6.8%, Shooter 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game emphasizes crafting and base-building while fighting off hordes of zombies.
- #7 The Final Station
93% matchVery Positive87% of 9,347 reviews2016
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.4%, Zombies 29.5%, Survival 22.5%, Shooter 4.5%, Atmospheric 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the bleak, post-apocalyptic atmosphere and the sense of urgency found in the seed game.
- #8 FatalZone
92% matchMixed67% of 2,272 reviews2024
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Survival 12.9%, Action Roguelike 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This action-roguelike captures the bullet-hell intensity and zombie-slaying gameplay of the seed game.
- #9 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
91% matchVery Positive91% of 13,222 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Zombies 24.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Survival 12.6%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Roguelite 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a fast-paced, action-roguelike experience that focuses on mowing down zombie hordes.
- #10 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
91% matchVery Positive83% of 68,064 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Why similar: Zombies 44.3%, Survival 29.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Perma Death 5%, Violent 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the open-world zombie survival and base-management aspects that fans of the genre enjoy.
- #11 The Last Stand Legacy Collection
90% matchVery Positive90% of 2,633 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive the zombie apocalypse and make humanity's last stand in this three-game legacy bundle, revamped for modern hardware. Explore, build, and survive for as long as you can in The Last Stand, The Last Stand 2, and The Last Stand: Union City.
Why similar: Zombies 35%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Survival 16.8%, Violent 10.9%, Atmospheric 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: This collection includes the original titles from the same creators, providing essential context for the series.
- #12 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,417 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 42.1%, Survival 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Crafting 9.6%, Adventure 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival roguelike that requires careful planning and resource management to survive the apocalypse.
- #13 Death Road to Canada
89% matchVery Positive93% of 10,239 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Zombies 49.8%, Action Roguelike 20.7%, Survival 18.9%, Roguelite 7.7%, Action 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: A road-trip roguelite that captures the desperate, journey-based survival feel of the seed game.
- #14 10 Miles To Safety
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 999 reviews2020
Dev: Trickjump Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.
Why similar: Zombies 29%, Top-Down Shooter 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11.4%, Survival 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes scavenging and combat against zombie threats.
- #15 ZED ZONE
87% matchVery Positive80% of 3,558 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 31.6%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 8.8%, Roguelite 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, open-world survival experience with a focus on realism and scavenging.
- #16 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
86% matchVery Positive87% of 4,265 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.2%, Survival 23.3%, Procedural Generation 17.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Action 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes community management and scavenging in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #17 Darkwood
86% matchVery Positive95% of 24,197 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
Why similar: Survival 45.8%, Dark 20.3%, Atmospheric 13.1%, Adventure 8.2%, Action 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival horror game provides a similarly tense and oppressive atmosphere to the seed game.
- #18 HumanitZ
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,839 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Zombies 35.3%, Survival 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Crafting 9.9%, Shooter 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down open-world survival game that emphasizes base building and surviving against zombie threats.
- #19 SurrounDead
85% matchVery Positive92% of 24,802 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.
Why similar: Zombies 43.4%, Survival 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Shooter 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on scavenging and combat in a zombie-infested world.
- #20 Dread Dawn
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,217 reviews2024
Dev: Kioop
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.
Why similar: Zombies 59.9%, Survival 29.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%, Adventure 3.7%, Action 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world survival game focuses on exploration and combat in a city overrun by zombies.
- #21 SKYHILL
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,643 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 25%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Zombies 20.9%, Action Roguelike 17.8%, Crafting 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival game that tasks you with descending a hotel while managing resources and fighting mutants.
- #22 Dead Age
83% matchVery Positive82% of 5,591 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Zombies 43%, Survival 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Roguelite 6.2%, Crafting 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that combines zombie survival with strategic decision-making and character management.
- #23 Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 876 reviews2024
Dev: DAWINSTONE
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 33.9%, Post-apocalyptic 26.2%, Survival 18.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Action RPG 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG that features post-apocalyptic exploration and combat against various threats.
- #24 Sheltered
81% matchVery Positive82% of 6,241 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Survival 43.4%, Post-apocalyptic 43.4%, Crafting 7.1%, Zombies 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the harsh realities of managing a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic bunker.
- #25 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,324 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Zombies 46.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Survival 17.5%, Adventure 3.8%, Roguelite 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: It builds on the original with improved combat and deeper survival mechanics in a zombie-filled world.
- #26 Infectonator: Survivors
82% matchMixed67% of 1,157 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 52.4%, Survival 23.9%, Perma Death 8.2%, Procedural Generation 5.3%, Violent 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that requires managing a group of survivors in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic world.
- #27 Section 13
78% matchMixed70% of 841 reviews2025
Dev: Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.
Why similar: Zombies 21.7%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Survival 11.6%, Action Roguelike 10.3%, Roguelite 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down, action-roguelike that features intense combat against zombie-like threats.
- #28 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
76% matchVery Positive89% of 8,579 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Survival 17.7%, Perma Death 15.3%, Crafting 9%
- #29 Deadlight: Director's Cut
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,619 reviews2016
Dev: Tequila WorksPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.
Why similar: Zombies 52.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Survival 9.5%, Action 6.2%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cinematic platformer that captures the desperate, lonely feel of a zombie-infested post-apocalypse.
- #30 State of Decay
79% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 51.1%, Survival 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Action 2.3%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series that established the core zombie survival and base-building mechanics.
- #31 Mist Survival
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,126 reviews2018
Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t
Why similar: Zombies 45.5%, Survival 36%, Crafting 8.6%, Violent 4.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game focuses on building a base and defending against threats in a dangerous, foggy world.
- #32 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
77% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 7.5%
- #33 FALL
75% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: 谭浩翔
Windows
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Top-Down Shooter 19.2%, Survival 13.1%, Action Roguelike 9.7%
- #34 FatalZone: Outbreak
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 305 reviews2023
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Outbreak is the demo version of FatalZone, a bullet heaven zombie apocalypse shooter where you'll have to upgrade your base, hone your mercs' skills, and put them to the test to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Survival 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Action Roguelike 10.9%
- #35 State of Decay: YOSE
77% matchVery Positive82% of 12,934 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Zombies 45.9%, Survival 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Perma Death 4.7%, Crafting 3.1%
- #36 Night Raider
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,940 reviews2024
Dev: TSUKUYOMIC
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
Why similar: Zombies 25%, Top-Down Shooter 21.5%, Perma Death 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Shooter 6.9%
- #37 Survivors Of The Zombie World
75% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Dafu Game Studio
Windows
Survivors Of The Zombie World is a 3D pixel-style zombie survival game. Survivors fight in a world full of zombies. Your goal is to survive, find food, ammunition, medicine and other supplies on the map and try to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 23.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Survival 14%, Roguelite 7.9%
- #38 Dark Light: Survivor
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 219 reviews2026
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows
In a dying multiverse, the Phantom Train is your last hope. Traverse a post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk world of nightmarish creatures. Experience dynamic shifts between top-down and third-person views, deep customization, and epic battles across universes in this action roguelike survival game.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.8%, Zombies 20.4%, Action Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 5.6%
- #39 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,009 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Why similar: Zombies 35.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Survival 21.5%, Violent 10.1%, Adventure 3.4%
- #40 UNDYING - "KINGDOM"
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,867 reviews2023
Dev: VanimalsPub: Skystone Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
As Anling’s zombie infection sets in, her days are numbered. The struggle to survive is made ever more paramount as she must ensure her son Cody stays alive. She must teach him how to survive in this new world at any cost…
Why similar: Zombies 29.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Survival 18.3%, Action RPG 9.2%, Crafting 8.9%
- #41 Zombieville USA 3D
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,257 reviews2025
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.
Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Top-Down Shooter 25.5%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Roguelite 13.9%, Shooter 10.4%
- #42 Welcome to ParadiZe
72% matchMixed67% of 1,274 reviews2024
Dev: Eko SoftwarePub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Why similar: Zombies 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 8.5%, Violent 7%
- #43 Invention 3
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2022
Dev: Falco SoftwarePub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.
Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival 12.6%, Shooter 11.5%, Violent 6.1%
- #44 Zombie Shooter
74% matchVery Positive82% of 1,334 reviews2009
Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!
Why similar: Zombies 36.2%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Shooter 11.2%, Survival 9.3%, Action RPG 9%
- #45 Deadly Days
72% matchVery Positive86% of 1,891 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.
Why similar: Zombies 32.8%, Roguelite 16.2%, Action Roguelike 16%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Survival 10.9%
- #46 Days Gone
70% matchVery Positive93% of 114,079 reviews2021
Dev: Bend StudioPub: PlayStation Publishing LLC
Windows
Median: 19.0 hrsMean: 43.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Why similar: Zombies 40%, Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Survival 20%, Crafting 4.6%, Violent 4.2%
- #47 Biters & Bullets: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive90% of 351 reviews2022
Dev: Night Owls
Windows
Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Action Roguelike 15.6%, Roguelite 13.7%, Survival 13.4%
- #48 Survivor
73% matchMixed55% of 223 reviews2021
Dev: KolaCape
Windows
Fight through escalating waves of zombies in a singleplayer survival FPS. Buy weapons, manage your ammo, and see how long you can survive against the undead horde.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Survival 13.5%, Shooter 9.4%
- #49 Walking Zombie 2
70% matchVery Positive88% of 13,148 reviews2019
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 33.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Survival 17.6%, Shooter 10.3%, Action RPG 7%
- #50 Infection Free Zone
68% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Zombies 41%, Post-apocalyptic 33.1%, Survival 16.4%, Dark 3.7%, Atmospheric 2.7%
- #51 West of Dead
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,190 reviews2020
Dev: Upstream ArcadePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.
Why similar: Zombies 23.3%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Action Roguelike 10.4%, Survival 10%
- #52 Chernobylite Complete Edition
69% matchVery Positive82% of 15,313 reviews2021
Dev: The Farm 51
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.3%, Survival 31.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Adventure 4.4%
- #53 Subterrain
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,393 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 28.9%, Zombies 27.4%, Top-Down 12.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Perma Death 7.4%
- #54 Dead Engine
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Zombies 29.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Survival 13%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #55 Winter Survivor Protocol
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Zombies 45.3%, Post-apocalyptic 31.9%, Survival 11.9%, Adventure 7.5%, 3D 1.9%
- #56 Into The Haze
68% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: MSOFT
Windows
Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Zombies 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 15.6%, Perma Death 12%, Crafting 8.2%
- #57 The Last Man Survivor
65% matchMixed69% of 284 reviews2025
Dev: Renderise
Windows
The Last Man Survivor is a gloomy roguelike in which you have to fight tons of enemies, slay giant bosses, discover new abilities and characters, and also find out the dark secret of the Last Survivor
Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.9%, Violent 15.3%, Dark 14.2%, Action RPG 12.9%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
- #58 Cataclysm: The Last Generation
63% matchVery Positive93% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Worm Girl
Windows · Mac · Linux
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
Why similar: Zombies 34.8%, Post-apocalyptic 28%, Survival 20%, Crafting 9.8%, Top-Down 4.7%
- #59 Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition
67% matchVery Positive83% of 1,927 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?
Why similar: Zombies 41.5%, Top-Down Shooter 33.9%, Top-Down 12.3%, Action 7.5%, Adventure 2.6%
- #60 Town Of The Dead Life 死寂之城
67% matchMixed68% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Brew Studios
Windows
《Town Of The Dead Life》 is an independent game with the background of eschatology. Players will play the role of one of the few surviving humans in the end of the world, surviving in difficult conditions and trying to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Zombies 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival 17.9%, Roguelite 10.9%, Shooter 8.4%